Ebi Katsu
Ebi Katsu is not a classic Japanese food. Nice bouncy texture covered with crispy panko, this Ebi Katsu is really famous in Japan and tons of people are crazy about it! It's also really easy to make!
Ingredients
Ebi Katsu
- 200 g shrimp
- 1/4 onion 55-65g
- 10 g salted butter
- 1 Tablespoon potato starch or Katakuriko
- 2 Tablespoon all-purpose flour Add if you need more
- 2 Tablespoon panko Add if you need more
- 1/3 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- neutral-flavored oil (vegetable, rice bran, canola, etc) for deep frying
- 1 large egg(s)
Sauce
- Tartar sauce HERE is how to make tartar sauce
Instructions
Preparation
- Mince the shrimp into small pieces. *do not over mince in order to leave the texture
- Mince the onion into small pieces.
- In a small or medium bowl, add egg and beat it well.
Let's cook!
- In a medium pan, turn the heat to medium. Add butter and cut onion. Cook until they get soft.
- Move the cooked onion to a medium bowl, and cool the onion down.
- After the onion is cooled down, add minced shrimp, potato starch (or Katakuriko), salt, and black pepper. Mix everything.
- Divide the mixture into 4 servings, and shape each of them into a flat circle.
- Add flour around each patty. Dust with extra flour.
- Then, add it to egg bowl.
- Then, add panko for each patty.
- In a pot, add oil and bring to the heat to 355°F (180°C).
- Add two patties into the pot at a time. Deep fry each side for 1 minute. (Total 2 minutes)
Let's eat!
- Before eating, I recommend making Tartar sauce! You'd be surprised how amazing the combination is! Otherwise, just by itself or adding some soy sauce is also tasty!
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